Topic Archives: Belgian Pale Ales

New for 2017, AllagashHoppy Table Beer Is starting to ship this week. Expect this year-round from now on.

Low alcohol by volume Belgian-style beers are the inspiration for Allagash Hoppy Table Beer. High ABV doesn’t always mean the beer is better, as Allagash is about to prove to you.

The famous Allagash House Yeast (we think it deserves proper name treatment) fermented this beer, that boasts Chinook, Cascade, Comet, and Azacca hops. The dry-hop? More Comet and Azacca, plus a subtle addition of coriander. Combine the flavor of that House Yeast with that lineup of hops, and everything screams winner here.

A mildly hoppy aroma full of grapefruit springs from this straw-colored, light-bodied ale. Flavors of pine and stone fruit balance the beer’s clean, slightly bitter finish.

Perhaps this is proof beer can be anything. Red Hare Berry Belgian Waffle is now now shelves.

This summer, the Marietta, Georgia based brewery released Cottontail Creamsic-ale, an orange creamcicle flavored pale ale. Building off the buzz that beer created is a new food inspired beer- Berry Belgian Waffle.

The base beer is a Belgian-style ale, brewed with bluberries, and favors that mimic waffles. Yes, beer can be anything you want it to be.

Red Hare Berry Belgian Waffle will be a 12 ounce can and draft offering.

This beer is built for function, not fashion. Effervescent with toasty malt overtones and a delicate hop finish, this dry Belgian-style pale ale was aged in the barrels of the mother of all suburban beverages. Fresh chardonnay barrels lend light vanilla notes and a pleasant tartness to the flavor.

Fill your social calendar with playdates and your shopping cart with Lunchables, so at the end for the day, you deserve a Mom Jeans. Heck, split it with your neighbor so that you can get some conversation with an adult.

Monday Night Mom Jeans will be a 22 ounce bottle offering. Now on shelves.

AllagashSixteen Counties is a new year-round beer from the Portland, Maine based brewery.

First, the name. Allagash Sixteen Counties is named for the sixteen counties the in the brewery’s home state.

The beer is amber in color, brewed with a 2-Row malt blend from Buck Farms in Mapleton, Maine, as well as caramel malt, biscuit, and brown malt. The hops are local as well, featuring Centennial, Cascade, and Mount Hood hops from the Hop Yard in Gotham, along with Aroostook hops from Westfield. Maine.

Per Allagash, the resulting flavor “…is bright amber in color and offers aromas of clove, sweet malt, and pine. The first sip opens with flavors of bread, malt, and caramel and finishes clean, dry, and with a lingering hop bitterness.:”

What to expect: A light Belgian-style ale, accented by the Allagash Brewery’s famous house yeast

Allagash Sixteen Counties will be available in 750 milliliter bottles, corked and caged starting May, 2016.

“The main goal of this beer,” stated Luke Holgate, Hi–Wire Brewing’s Head Brewer, “was to match the yeast profile to the hop profile. And I believe we really accomplished that with this beer.”

Instead of bringing out another dark beer for warmer temperatures, the brewery decided spring should bring something fresh. Hi-Wire Death Defying Spring Ale is hitting shelves now in 12 ounce bottles and draft until March, 2016.

AlesmithLil Devil, the San Diego, California’s Belgian-style pale ale, is now available in bottles for the first time.

The addition of the of a new 80-barrel Steinecker brewhouse and extra fermentation room has given the brewery the opportunity to expand the six pack offerings.

“The incredible demand for us to package our beers in a 12-ounce format has always existed,” says AleSmith sales director James Valles. “Now, with our increased production capacity, we are finally able to fulfill that demand. We are currently in the process of shipping the new six-packs within our 24-distributor network, spanning across 19 states.”

This is the first time that Alesmith Lil Devil will be available in package, having been draft only since 2002. Look for it in-market by mid-October, 2015.

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